Michael Tanenbaum

Michael Tanenbaum is a senior staff writer for PhillyVoice.com, with interests ranging from technology and behavioral health to local community initiatives and cultural life. Michael has written for the Argentina Independent and Bespoke Magazine and previously served as a news editor for Xfinity.com before joining PhillyVoice. He received his B.A. in The Writing Seminars at Johns Hopkins University.

tanenbaum@phillyvoice.com

August 14, 2017

Events

CNN's Jake Tapper to keynote Philadelphia World Heritage City celebration

by Michael Tanenbaum

For the second time since Philadelphia became the first World Heritage City in the U.S., local leaders will gather next month to celebrate the recognition in solidarity with representatives from 270 other cities that share the distinction worldwide.

August 14, 2017

Humor

WATCH: John Oliver recruits Weird Al on accordion to pacify North Korea

by Michael Tanenbaum

Tensions with North Korea have returned to a boiling point in recent weeks, exacerbated in part by the rhetoric of President Donald Trump and America's volatile relationships with regional powers in China and Russia.

August 14, 2017

Medication

Pennsylvania to distribute anti-radiation pills in nuclear power plant zones

by Michael Tanenbaum

Pennsylvania residents who live or work within ten miles of one of the state's five nuclear power plants will have an opportunity this month to restock on potassium iodide (KI), an anti-radiation medication that prevents absorption of radioactive by the thyroid gland.

August 14, 2017

Animal Cruelty

Angry witnesses say man 'speared' seagull at Jersey Shore

by Michael Tanenbaum

On an overcast Monday morning in Ocean City, beachgoers described a disturbing attack on a seagull as it grazed the sand for scraps of a sandwich.

August 13, 2017

Quizzo

Philly Quizzo team scores flawless victory in 'The Wire' showdown

by Michael Tanenbaum

Way down in the Philadelphia watering hole known as the London Grill, five young mavens of HBO's celebrated crime drama "The Wire" done changed the game.

August 13, 2017

Crashes

Fiery tanker truck crash causes major delays on NJ Turnpike

by Michael Tanenbaum

An overturned tanker truck on the New Jersey Turnpike left weekend travelers stuck in gridlock Sunday afternoon as state officials worked to clean up the fiery scene.

August 13, 2017

Sleep

This scent, found in new body lotion, could seriously help improve your sleep

by Michael Tanenbaum

If you've been tossing and turning at night until you resign to reading articles like this one on your phone, there may be a non-pharmaceutical remedy to your sleeplessness.

August 13, 2017

Attacks

Mayor Kenney slights Trump in statement on violence in Charlottesville

by Michael Tanenbaum

One day after a violent attack left one woman dead and at least 19 people injured at a white supremacist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney released an extended statement urging residents to maintain a peaceful atmosphere in the city.

August 13, 2017

Politics

Booker slams Trump for 'hateful hypocrisy' in response to Charlottesville violence

by Michael Tanenbaum

New Jersey Sen. Cory Booker on Sunday joined a chorus of politicians blasting President Donald Trump for an equivocal response to yesterday's violent attack against counterprotesters in Charlottesville, suggesting the president showed "hateful hypocrisy" in his failure to directly condemn the rally staged by white nationalists.

August 13, 2017

Videos

WATCH: Philly prankster pulls birthday gag on goPuff delivery drivers

by Michael Tanenbaum

Ed Bassmaster is well-known for serving up the kind of ignorantly over-the-top YouTube skits that encapsulate a brand of humor only in found in Philadelphia.